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Originally Posted by tuscanyswe
Unless there is ice there is very little benefit from studded tires. Here in stockholm maybe 10 days a year or something i prefer to have studded tires or something like that.
I used non studded winter tires last year and was pretty happy with those actually. Better tires for anything but black ice, then the studded are better.
Wider tires helps to imo. I bought to narrow as the 38s were more like 33s IRL or something like that. So if i bought again would go with the wider version.
The ones i got were: Continental Top Contact Winter II
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Today was ice from freezing rain hidden under 1-2" snow. I'm comfortable riding on snow itself, even deep snow and I've got the bikes for it. I take your point about having very few days where you actually want studs and how much of a drag they are for every other condition. That said, it only takes one time to break a wrist and then I've lost a whole season of riding and XC and downhill skiing.
mtechnica, I tried to PM you but your inbox is full.